Spring-heeled Jack

"Spring-heeled Jack" was a figure in British folklore who was said to have been a devil that had fiery eyes and had metallic and sharp claws. He was spotted first in 1837 and last in 1904.

History
"Spring-heeled Jack" first appeared in October 1837 in Battersea, London when he assaulted a girl, kissing her face and ripping her clothes to feel her flesh before she screamed and he disappeared. This figure in folklore became the center of a cult in London, and in 1868 Jacob Frye assassinated the leader of the cult and several cultists at a house after tracking him down for author Charles Dickens, a member of the "Ghost Club". However, "Spring-heeled Jack" later appeared again and escaped Frye after jumping off the roof of a train station; his last appearance was in 1904 in Liverpool.